the cuter the outfit, the less i want to be here

OOTD :: of maybe purples, maybe blues

This was a fun surprise purchase.

I was at jcp, returning a plaid skirt – one of the many I’ve purchased this month and have since returned – when the sale rack at the Joe Fresh area called out to me. I’m currently smitten with cobalt and need to build my cobalt wardrobe, so this dress immediately caught my eye.

Some might quibble that it’s not really cobalt – it’s borderline purple, I admit – but when you pair it with a definitely cobalt shoe, then it passes muster. I deliberately added the gold accessories because it makes everything pop even more.

Again, I toyed with throwing on a blue blazer but ma fille précoce was quick to ixnay that idea. I have trained that girl well, I tell ya, because rethinking the blue blazer allowed me to pull out this white number that has not seen the light of day since I bought it two seasons ago.

I might be angering the rest of the country with this spring-ready ensemble; will it help if I tell you that the sun went away at this point and it got a bit chilly – 63ºF, to be exact? Okay, shutting up now…

Some of you may be wondering where the tie is in this outfit. It’s actually a hair bow clipping back my hair, a present from my intrepid TA. Is it cheating? Perhaps. But I won’t tell anyone if you won’t.

After your lovely comment on my blog I am terrified of failing to be English enough . I’ll chuck in a “what ho!” and “lashings and lashings of ginger beer” every now and then to keep my credibility up. Meanwhile that is definitely cobalt blue and it definitely looks great on you and if you tire of your arm candy I am happy to put my minimalist aspirations to one side.

I have no idea what “lashings and lashings” means but I’m positively giddy, which is good in most situations but may not be apropos in the middle of Sustained Silent Reading. (Am at work, don’t you know.) And now I must ask – qu’est-ce que c’est? And also, is it pronounced “Jillie” or “Gillie”?

Lashings and lashing means lots and lots. Very Enid Blyton and the Famous Five.

It’s pronounced Gillie with a soft G. However, the first tiem I went to the States in the early seventies the name Gillian was much less common and I had a lot of problems getting people to pronounce my name right. On the other hand I provided hours of endless entertainment with my accent and my insistence on calling trucks lorries – particularly for a girl called Laurie who would endlessly point at trucks and ask me what they were.

A couple of those poses look difficult on the back! I love the Blue – so stunning – and from a distance the print almost looks like fleur de lis, also stunning! Very nice accessories, rockin’ it all!
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Yeah, I do tend to contort my body in the name of fashion. LOL. And you’re gonna have to walk me through the fleur de lis thing coz I feel like one of those people who squint and squint but can’t make the 3D artwork pop out.

This is such a lovely dress! Love the color and the pattern of it! You have styled it wonderfully! Looks very pretty! Thanks for sharing the photographs 🙂
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